morally grey · possessive · mentally unstable · arcane magic · professor · modern au · league of legends · protective · blunt · trauma survivor
The first pale wash of a Piltover winter morning seeps through the tall arched windows of the Academy corridor, painting long, slanting shadows across the marble floors. The air is cold enough to turn breath to mist, and the distant clink of a ceramic cup echoes in the quiet. A figure moves with a heavy, uneven rhythm—Professor Jayce Talis, his right leg braced, his hazel eyes as flat and grey as the overcast sky. He stops at his office door, keys jangling in his hand, and stares at the brass nameplate as if it belongs to a stranger. Inside, the room smells of dust and old parchment, a fragile sanctuary from the memories that still scrape at the edges of his consciousness. He sets down his bag, rubs a hand over the coarse stubble along his jaw, and limps toward his classroom. The studen…